Classification of biodiesel as oleochemical prompts public notices and departmental instructions, requesting reporting of implementation difficulties.
B100 biodiesel is classified as an oleochemical derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, establishing its regulatory character for customs and tariff purposes. A Public Notice or Standing Order is to be issued to inform stakeholders and departmental officers, and any difficulties in implementation should be reported to the Board for resolution.

Voluntary payment of customs duty allows self-ascertainment and payment with interest before formal amendment of entries.
Importers may self-ascertain and voluntarily pay differential duty along with interest where duty was not or was short levied for reasons other than willful mis-statement; Customs may accept such payment with the approval of the proper officer before issuing a formal amendment to the Bill of Entry, with the amendment decision to be taken subsequently.

Port access for export promotion: AKBTPL authorised for imports/exports under Export Promotion Schemes with compliance conditions.
Permission is granted for import and export of permissible goods through Adani Kandla Bulk Terminal Pvt. Ltd. under Export Promotion Schemes, subject to conditions: use of ICES for assessments (no manual Bills except by express permission); assessments by officers of Assistant/Deputy Commissioner rank; selective test weight checks on export consignments; advance submission of Shipping Bills/Bills of Entry prior to shipment/unloading; and production of Customs Release Advice for import licences where applicable, with all statutory Customs Act procedures to be followed.

Merchant exporter verification: first time exporters must file three prescribed documents before export clearance.
Customs will verify first time merchant exporters at ACC (Export), Sahar by requiring submission of at least three documents from a specified list-VAT/Sales Tax registration, bank certificate confirming satisfactory account maintenance, other bank account details if the remittance account is under three months old, past export details, previous year balance sheet, or last Income Tax/VAT/Sales Tax return-before allowing export clearance; CHAs must assist and exports proceed normally once any three documents are filed.

Minimum Export Price compliance: exporters must furnish bank realisation certificates and importers submit remittance certificates or face bond enforcement.
Exporters of commodities subject to Minimum Export Price (MEP) must realise export proceeds through banking channels and submit a Bank Realisation Certificate (BRC) to Customs for each shipping bill; provisional clearance is available on execution of a bond under Section 143, discharged upon receipt of the BRC within the prescribed realisation period, failing which action under Customs and foreign exchange laws will follow. Importers of commodities subject to Minimum Import Price (MIP) must submit an Authorized Bank Remittance Certificate corresponding to the Bill of Entry, with provisional import allowed on bond pending submission.

Classification of pump parts: submersible pump components classifiable under relevant tariff and eligible for drawback at notified rate.
Identifiable ready-to-use machined parts or components of submersible pumps predominantly of iron, steel or aluminium made by casting or forging, and not specified at six-digit level in Chapters 84, 85 or 87 of the Drawback Schedule, shall be classified according to material and making process under the relevant heading and, where not specifically covered, treated as classifiable under tariff item 848701 and eligible for drawback at the rate applicable to that item irrespective of a four-digit classification under the Central Tariff Act.

Export proceeds realization monitoring requires drawback exporters to submit certificates or negative statements for covered EDI shipping bills.
Monitoring of export-proceeds realization for drawback EDI shipping bills requires exporters to provide realization particulars for entry in the BRC Module in ICES. The process initially covers shipping bills having Let Export Order dates from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014. Exporters must submit certificates or negative statements for all covered shipping bills by the specified deadline, with the Superintendent, BRC Cell, designated to receive the documents.

Electronic Delivery Orders enable paperless cargo release while preserving existing customs verification and contingency manual issuance.
The notice directs adoption of secure electronic Delivery Orders to replace paper Delivery Orders, requiring custodians to be capable of receiving electronic messages and Shipping Lines/Consolidators to generate Delivery Orders in the required format. Existing customs verification and gate-pass procedures remain unchanged. Electronic invoicing and e-payment for D.O. charges are encouraged to obviate in-person payment. Manual paper Delivery Orders are permitted for certain import categories and as a temporary measure during technical failures; secure transmission is expected to improve security and transparency.

Bank Realisation Certificate compliance required; exporters must submit BRCs/negative statements or face drawback recovery with interest.
Exporters must submit Bank Realisation Certificates (BRCs) or negative statements for specified EDI shipping bills in the prescribed six monthly format so the BRC module in ICES can be updated. The Customs Bangalore website publishes the list of shipping bills with missing BRCs. A Nodal Officer and an Assistant Commissioner are designated to receive the documents and assist exporters. Failure to submit by the stipulated deadline will lead to recovery of sanctioned drawback amounts with interest under the Customs Act, 1962.

Clearance of flood-affected goods requires fresh statutory clearances and customs permission before release from customs area.
Goods affected by the November 2015 floods require immediate incident reports by custodians listing affected consignments and relevant BE/IGM/container details in prescribed annexures; affected consignments shall not be cleared without fresh statutory clearances and specific permission of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, and any segregation or survey within customs area needs prior customs approval and presence of Customs officer and broker.

Export proceed monitoring requires six monthly BRC or negative certificate to verify realization and enable drawback recovery.
Monitoring of realization of export proceeds governs drawback recovery where proceeds are unrealized within permitted time; exporters must declare Authorized Dealers and furnish, portwise and ADwise, either Bank Realisation Certificates or prescribed negative certificates from the AD or a chartered accountant on a six monthly basis. The ICES BRC module generates due dates on drawback shipping bills, tracks pendency, accepts specific BRC entries or negative statements to clear shipping bills, and permits entry of recovery particulars to remove bills from the pending list.

De-stuffing access and streamlined shipping bill registration ease dock operations and allow part-clearance for multi-container consignments.
After issuance of an Out of Charge Order, importers and customs brokers may directly approach the supervising Superintendent/Preventive Officer for de-stuffing without requiring Asstt./Dy. Commissioner (Docks/CFS) permission. Registration of Shipping Bills at Docks/CFSs is allowed until 3 P.M., with later registrations permitted case-by-case by Asstt./Dy. Commissioner. For multi-container consignments arriving in lots, officers will examine arrived containers and issue manual Out of Charge Orders, later uploading reports and generating system Out of Charge Orders; additional Removal Guarantees at sheds are discontinued.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority focused on high-value and high-severity DRI investigations under amended guidelines.
Amendment assigns specified high-value DRI investigations to the Additional Director General (Adjudication), DRI-covering high-duty cases, groups of identical-issue cases aggregating to a high threshold, high seizure-value matters, significant wrongful export incentive cases, groups of such incentive cases, substantial import overvaluation cases, and DRI cases pending with erstwhile Commissioners (Adjudication). Other DRI cases will be allocated based on the maximum duty evaded, export incentive wrongly availed, or overvaluation amount. Non-DRI case appointments remain with the Board, and the modified guidelines apply mutatis mutandis to subordinate Commissioner levels.

Tariff classification guidance for pump parts enables drawback eligibility regardless of four digit chapter classification.
Guidance permits classification of identifiable ready-to-use machined pump parts predominantly of iron, steel or aluminium, made by casting or forging, under the relevant heading 8487, 8548 or 8708 when no six digit entry exists; consequently pump parts absent from six digit drawback entries are to be classed under tariff item 848701 and admitted to drawback irrespective of four digit chapter classification.

Online transmission of MEIS scrips enables automatic integration and nationwide usability after port verification by exporters
MEIS licences/scrips issued by DGFT will be transmitted to Customs via an Electronic Message Exchange System and integrated with ICES, eliminating manual port registration; exporters/CBs must verify transmission on DGFT/ICEGATE and get the scrip verified once at the port of registration for all India use. Exporters must select the Y option on Shipping Bills to ensure data transmission to DGFT; manual registration continues only for scrips under earlier Chapter 3 schemes.

Bond cancellation procedure for advance authorisations: mandates prompt retrieval, prioritized checks, and set timelines for return of securities.
Directs proactive retrieval of bond files before expiry of export obligation, prescribes that random verification checks be restricted to 5% of authorisations and selected at Joint/Additional Commissioner level using EDI risk parameters, and requires immediate email notification to exporters of selection. Workflows must ensure file readiness (one day turnaround if requested before expiry), that Central Excise non response does not delay processing, and that non selected cases normally receive return of bond/guarantee within ten days while other non investigative cases follow a thirty day norm.

Custody of seized valuables: mandatory double lock storage, sealed inventories, CCTV and strict movement and disposal protocols.
Guidelines establish a regulatory framework for custody and handling of seized valuables, defining valuables and mandating appointment of Custodians of unquestioned integrity and a supervisory gazetted officer. Strong rooms must operate a double lock system with separate key holders, tamper proof sealing, CCTV surveillance, and structured packaging. Seizing officers must prepare triplicate inventories with witnesses and forward goods within 24 hours; Custodians inspect seals, record entries in the Valuables Register, maintain photographic and video backups, and report tampering or loss. Movement and disposal require written authorization, movement registers, and videographed inventorisation.

Registration of duty credit scrips: electronic verification on ICES/EDI with no-alert check and return of originals.
Registration requires submission of the original Duty Credit Scrip with annexure and a photocopy to the Licence Section; TA verifies completeness, timestamps and acknowledges receipt. The No Alert check is endorsed and logged; licence and scrip particulars are entered in the Alphabetical Register and a file number allotted. The Appraising Officer/Superintendent verifies genuineness on ICES/EDI, raises discrepancies where necessary, and on successful electronic registration endorses the EDI job/registration number on the original and copy, after which the original is returned against written acknowledgement while a copy is retained in file.

Monitoring of export proceeds: mandatory BRC data entry, public notice deadlines and publication to reconcile EDI drawback shipping bills.
Direction to operationalise monitoring and reconciliation of foreign exchange realisation for drawback EDI shipping bills via the ICES BRC Module and RBI BRC Module. Commissioners must ensure certificates and negative statements already received are promptly entered in the BRC Module to avoid unwarranted recovery notices; shipping bills with LEOs 1.4.2013-31.3.2014 must be processed per existing directions. Public notices, designated nodal officers, a special drive with dedicated staff, publication of unreconciled lists on 1.3.2016, consolidated reporting by Zones, and escalation of RBI BRC Module difficulties to Systems Directorate are mandated.

Customs clearance of undelivered parcels: failure to respond to call memos will prompt determination based on available records.
PAD has initiated a Special Drive to clear undelivered inbound international parcels. Consignees/recipients to whom "Call Memos" have been issued and whose one-month response period has elapsed must reply immediately. As a one-time measure, if no reply is received within fifteen days of this Public Notice, the cases will be decided on the basis of available records without further reference to the consignee/recipient; PAD will henceforth strictly adhere to the one-month response rule.